Running 2024 golf thread

Hey thanks Coco!
Damn, no summer rates, full rack rate.
We-Ko Pa was supposed to be Sunday but I think we went Whirlwind because it was closer to airport (last 4 were leaving Sun night).

 

Got tix to the Senior event this week in Arkansas. Going on Friday. Should be a fun day just watching and being out there.

 

Tour players propose changes, reducing some fields, shifting points:

PGA Tour players proposing big changes for '26

• The PGA Tour would adjust the maximum number of players in a starting field of an open one-course, full-field tournament from 156 to 144, with a further reduction from 132 to 120 as required by circumstances such as darkness.
  
  
• The PAC proposed reducing the number of players who would maintain their PGA Tour card and full status from the top 125 finishers in FedEx Cup points to the top 100, while adding a new conditional category for those players who finish anywhere from 101 to 125.
  
  
• The Korn Ferry Tour, which typically awards 30 PGA Tour cards per season, would now award only 20 cards under the proposed changes. The DP World Tour would continue to award 10 PGA Tour cards, and Q-school cards would be capped at five.
  
  
• Restricted sponsor exemptions, which include two reserved PGA Tour spots and two DP World Tour spots, will now be awarded to the next eligible members on the proposed priority ranking. Tournaments will still keep unrestricted sponsor exemptions.
  
  
• The PAC is also proposing slight adjustments to the FedEx Cup points distribution system to account for increased strength of field under the new schedule model. Second-place finishes at the Players Championship and the majors would receive a slight increase (100 more points), while players who finish 11th and beyond would receive a slight decrease (10 points for 11th, 20 points for 12th and so on) in points won. During signature events, players who finish seventh or worse would receive a slight decrease in points.

 

Strictly a players deal.
The TOUR needs to climb in bed with LIV/PIF pronto and get this settled.

 

Jeez, you go all the way through Q School and there are only 5 spots open? Wow.

 

Every single proposal the advisory comittee has ever made is that how can the top 50 pros make more money at the expense of everyone else. This is no different. If I was a newcomer with game, I'd have my agent callingLIV tonight.

 

Monahan earned $23 million in 2023, an increase from $18.6 million in 2022. Good to see the PGA tightening their belt in tough times.

https://awfulannouncing.com/golf/pga-tour-pay-increase-jay-monahan-tax-return.html

Maybe related, but a regular, get-you-in-the-door ticket to Thursday at Riviera in February 2025 is $140. Honest to god, it may have been $40 pre-pandemic.

My wife loves going, and, yes, we have $280. But I said I just don't feel like that is near worth it, and we opted out of going. I have just lost pretty much all my interest in professional golf.

 

Looking at doing a fishing trip w my son and brother next summer instead of going to East Lake for the finale. We’ve been about 10-12 years and I think fishing, beer and fishing would be a better way of spending the money instead of on tickets.

 

Agreed. People accept slight increases, but spiking prices while the commish's salary goes up 25% is not a good sell. I certainly am not interested in paying $250 to walk Pebble when that's 50% towards playing #7 on my own.